My very kind boss has given me something I may or may not deserve, but appreciate nonetheless - I now have a MacBook on my desk. I'm a dyed-in-the-wool PC guy. I have fairly strong criticisms of Apple in general. I've long considered Apple to have a problem emphasizing form over function. But now I'll be using one every day, so perhaps my bias will change.
I rather doubt it, but it could happen.
The point of the laptop was two-fold: it allows me to check for Mac browser errors (which are rather difficult to troubleshoot when you don't have a Mac) and to allow for on-the-road work. This will mean that come Christmas break, I'll be able to work if there's an emergency and I'm hundreds of miles from my home computer. I can't decide if this is a blessing or a curse.
My first impressions have been favorable, though of course there is a learning curve to be dealt with. I've always liked many of Mac's design features - they are, after all, a big selling point on these machines. I've always enjoyed small, practical design improvements and Apple has long been very good at that. My favorite improvement on Apple laptops over traditional PC laptops is the power connector. Rather than a small plug, Apple laptops have a small magnet that attaches to the side of the laptop. This means two things - first, it's easy to attach and detach, and secondly that if you trip on the cord, it pops right off rather than sending your laptop crashing to the floor from the table. On the other hand, I still have no idea why Macs absolutely insist on having one mouse button, even when every bit of software written since 1996 assumes the user has one.
Stubbornness not an admirable attitude in computer hardware, guys.Labels: computers, Mac, pc, work |
